American Idol runner-up Katharine McPhee is eyeing a January 30 release for her RCA debut, tentatively titled Never Saw It Comin .
The set primarily features production from Timbaland associate Nate Hill; other contributors include Babyface, Kara Dioguardi and Ryan Leslie, although McPhee was unsure if his cuts would wind up making the album.
It s rhythm pop, McPhee told Billboard.
com of the album s sound. It s not like really R B or really poppy, but there are a couple of tracks that are really good for the American Idol fans who voted for me and knew me as the Over the Rainbow girl.
As for the significance of the tentative album title, she said, I never saw this coming into my life as big as it did, and you never saw this kind of a record coming.
You thought I was going to make a Streisand record.
Having rushed from the American Idol summer tour right into the studio, McPhee has yet to line up roadwork for 2007. I would love to tour, but it will probably depend on how the record does.
If nobody buys the record, nobody s going to want to see me live, she said with a laugh.
McPhee s post- Idol debut single, Somewhere Over the Rainbow/My Destiny, peaked at No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Madonna accepts a High Court ruling allowing a coalition of human rights groups to monitor her as she tries to adopt a Malawian toddler, the singer s lawyer said Thursday.
Guy Ritchie.
Madonna s lawyer, Alan Chinula, told reporters the couple have agreed to the ruling.
The Ritchies called me from London and I explained to them the ruling they have no problem with the ruling and are also willing to sit back and wait, Chinula said in the capital, Lilongwe.
The rights groups say they are concerned the government cut legal corners to fast-track the adoption. They said that while they do not object to Madonna as a prospective parent, regulations must be followed to protect children.
Chinula said the challenge would help clarify Malawi s antiquated laws on adoption and that the Madonna case will be a guiding case for future adoptions.
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